Anais do IHC'2001 - Departamento de Informática e Estatística - UFSC
Anais do IHC'2001 - Departamento de Informática e Estatística - UFSC
Anais do IHC'2001 - Departamento de Informática e Estatística - UFSC
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<strong>Anais</strong> <strong>do</strong> IHC’2001 - IV Workshop sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais 283<br />
way [Henning, 1998]. The poster will display an example and will explain how this could<br />
be achieved.<br />
4. Enhancing Readability and Comprehensibility<br />
The recommen<strong>de</strong>d solution is to create two versions of the same content [Nielsen, 1999].<br />
One, formatted into Web pages and prepared to be "scanned" instead of read, complete<br />
with hyperlinks and multimedia. The other should be an optimised version for printing.<br />
This one should be one long file, preferably on PostScript or PDF format, which could be<br />
<strong>do</strong>wnloa<strong>de</strong>d, printed out and read comfortably.<br />
The poster will feature a comparison between paper readability and various reading<br />
<strong>de</strong>vices, namely a PC screen, laptop display, PalmPilot and an eBook.<br />
5. Conclusion<br />
“Computers are great to store information, but they are not that good to register sud<strong>de</strong>n<br />
i<strong>de</strong>as, thoughts, feelings. Fort that, paper is still quite superior, you can take it, fold it, put<br />
it in your pocket and revise again, when convenient” [Fayyad, 1999].<br />
Aca<strong>de</strong>mic <strong>de</strong>signers work enormously on the <strong>de</strong>sign of aca<strong>de</strong>mic web pages, but the<br />
printed paper issue surpasses those efforts every time. More attention should be take into<br />
consi<strong>de</strong>ration when <strong>de</strong>velop aca<strong>de</strong>mic content to be printed.<br />
References<br />
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http://cwis.kub.nl/~fdl/general/people/drielhv/lezing/kubweb/<br />
Fayyad, Usama, Microsoft Research, cited in “The Power of Writing”, National<br />
Geographic en Español, August 1999, 110-132<br />
Fischer, Gerhard: Life Long Learning, More Than Screen Deep: Toward Every-Citizen<br />
Interfaces to the Nation’s Information Infraestructure, 1st Ed, National Aca<strong>de</strong>my Press,<br />
Washington DC, (1997), 382-388<br />
Henning, Kathy: Writing for Rea<strong>de</strong>rs Who Scan, http://clickz.com/article/cz.3326.html<br />
Moreno-Rocha, Mario, A: Meto<strong>do</strong>logías <strong>de</strong> enseñanza, Universidad Virtual, UTM, 1998<br />
Nickerson, Raymond, S (editor): Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors<br />
Research, 1 st Ed, National Aca<strong>de</strong>my Press, Washington DC, (1995) 38-42<br />
Nielsen, Jakob: In Defense of Print, http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9602.html<br />
Outing, Steve: Rea<strong>de</strong>r Usability Wis<strong>do</strong>m From a Web Guru,<br />
http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stop/st070297.htm<br />
Shnei<strong>de</strong>rman, Ben: Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human Computer<br />
Interaction, 3 rd Ed, Addison Wesley, USA (1998) 410-441<br />
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